It seems that we are always so afraid of losing our masculinity...most girls these days enjoy a sensitive guy. Why is it that we have to watch an ultimate fighting match or see hot chicks in bikini to reinforce that we are, indeed, "all-man"?
2006-09-04 08:42:53 · 8 answers · asked by RockinPhil 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The fact is that the guys that need to be a 'man' are seriously lacking in the confidence corner and need their macho-ness to help boost their egos, though sometimes that just pisses girls off.
2006-09-04 08:46:10 · answer #1 · answered by Metal Paw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the real reason most of us men are so paranoid over our masculinity is because most of us don't actually have any... beyond the pointy thing between our legs that is...
Men have spent centuries living the "easy" life of kings, and powerful people, and getting women, and members of other races to be subservient to us. All that is being swept away with the tide of equality.
Soon, women will be just as likely to be earning more money than us. Soon we will always have to take into consideration the feelings of others. Soon we too will have no excuse not to take care of the baby.
Old folks tells us about how things were back in the day, but let's face it, their minds are going, and they only remember what they liked better about back in the day. A lot of what they remember might even be made up, but that's what we hear, and we of course wish things could still be like that... with men in control because men are MANLY.
Guys who insist on showcasing ther masculinity are just showing how they wish things were different, and trying get special priveledges. Everybody has some way of doing that, but not everybody wants things to be the same kind of different, and not everybody wants the same kind of priveledges.
2006-09-04 09:24:30 · answer #2 · answered by ye_river_xiv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love your question rockinphil Want a date?
Sounds like you are secure in your masculinity and don't need it bolstered up all the time.
Most men are so insecure they have to put a women down or over power her or buy her. Reminds me of a cave man mentality.
2006-09-04 08:54:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, because it's not like masculinity is a fianite commodity.
I think because gay men or more visible and accpetance, it's the stright man's backlash.
2006-09-04 08:45:44 · answer #4 · answered by jhs80123 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rather than embracing their femininity, the Feminist movement attempted to make women into men (Women should take men's getting the door for them as men telling them that they are weak, rather than as a courtesy that a man does out of respect. Women who stay at home with children are not appreciated by society any more--after all, they shouldn't even "want to" stay at home. Women "should" be able to have sex without worrying about pregnancy--leading to abortion, contraception..etc.) and men into women (Men should be able to cry and talk about their feelings--not bad in and of itself, but men shouldn't be expected to communicate these things in exactly the same way women do. Men are told that their babies are women's choices, and that they have no say in what happens to them. ...etc). A lot of men's reactions to this has been to embrace what they felt were things that women would not do (i.e. ultimate fighting matches or lusting after women in bikinis). Unfortunately, these acts that they choose to do are not necessarily acts of manlihood, but very often acts of adolescense. Teenage boys struggle with lusting after girls/women, but REAL mean treat women with respect. Little boys see something they want and buy it without consideration of their families, but REAL mean provide for their families and put them first in the priorities of their lives. Boys will do and say things to try to manipulate girls/women into having sex with them, but REAL men are so wonderful and loving to their wives that those wives want to have sex with them already.
I really highly highly recommend the author Christopher West on what he has written about manhood. He used to be one of those men who are really adolescents, but had a coming-to. Great author!
2006-09-04 09:00:01 · answer #5 · answered by Mary's Daughter 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow! That's a very good question. Sorry I don't have a good answer for you, but I don't think there is one.
2006-09-04 08:50:55 · answer #6 · answered by Consuming Fire 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're afraid of losing it, you never had it to begin with.
2006-09-04 08:49:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question!
2006-09-04 08:44:50 · answer #8 · answered by blunt_yet_sharp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋